Economy

25 TRIPP-P with Jesse Valencia

Airs at: Sun, 10/20/2024 at 12:15am - Fri, 12/31/2027 at 11:45pm

Produced for: TRIPP-P

Portland, Oregon's independent music scene generates around $3 billion per year and is the last major U.S. city without a LiveNation venue. "It is more than just the music scene. It is how we want Portland to be built." --Jesse Valencia Jesse Valencia is a musicia... Read more

24 TRIPP-P with Q Landford

Airs at: Mon, 09/04/2023 at 1:00am - Fri, 12/31/2027 at 11:45pm

Produced for: TRIPP-P

We found it! Tucked away inside the corner of a folder it never should have been anywhere near - the amazing conversation that TRIPP-P had with Q Landford about what has happened with AfroVillagePDX since they were last on the program from September 2023. Q speaks a... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for November 4, 2024

Airs at: Mon, 11/04/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Jon Nelson hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: Middle East in Crisis: Laurie Mercier speaks with Juan Ricardo Cole about Israel’s wars on Gaza and Lebanon and the response from the Biden administration and American students on c... Read more

PSU Non-Tenure Faculty Fight Back

Airs at: Mon, 10/28/2024 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm

Produced for: Labor Radio

Portland State University non-tenured faculty are facing massive layoffs just as their union contract is about to expire. Labor Radio captures excerpts from a fight-back rally, prior to entering the bargaining room. Read more

Outgrow the System

Airs at: Mon, 11/04/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

If we are to save our planet from rapidly approaching climate catastrophe, business as usual is no longer an option. Outgrow the System is a new documentary about transitioning to a more sustainable economic system, by co-directors Cecilia Paulsson and Anders Nillson. Ex... Read more

Advocating for a safer Mass Shelter in PDX

Airs at: Thu, 10/17/2024 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: Keeping It Real, with Lisa Loving

The guests are Charlotte McDonald and Ross Freeman Levin, St. Johns residents agitating for a safer temporary alternative shelter in their neighborhood. A public hearing on the proposed TAS is Nov. 14, 6:30 pm at the St Johns Community Center. Read more

Toppling the Fossil Fuel Giants

Airs at: Mon, 10/21/2024 at 10:00am - 11:00am

Produced for: Locus Focus

On September 27, Kentucky State Representative Justin Pearson came to Portland to talk about his community’s triumph against the Byhalia Connection Pipeline in Southwest Memphis. He was joined by local environmental justice advocates who shared past victories in our regi... Read more

Another Bad Idea for the Columbia River Ecosystem

Airs at: Mon, 10/14/2024 at 10:00am - 11:00am

Produced for: Locus Focus

The Houston-based company, NEXT Renewables LLC Oregon is proposing to construct a major new refinery at Port Westward, near Clatskanie, on the Columbia. This project would immediately become one of Oregon’s top greenhouse gas polluters. The refinery would be one of the l... Read more

Hydrogen Hype

Airs at: Mon, 10/07/2024 at 10:00am - 11:00am

Produced for: Locus Focus

Hurricane Helene dramatically illustrates how climate chaos is impacting us right now. Yet while there are real solutions that will enable us to stop emitting greenhouse gases, the fossil fuel industry continues to promote a menagerie of false solutions that do not actua... Read more